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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA suspicious device found at CNN in New York per msnbc
wow....trumpers hard at work
New York offices of CNN have been evacuated...
blogslut
(38,002 posts)Link to tweet
Jim Sciutto
?Verified account @jimsciutto
Breaking: CNN NY office evacuated. Police bomb squad is here. Were told of explosive device received. @CNNnewsroom
underpants
(182,829 posts)olegramps
(8,200 posts)His only regret is that the bombs are being intercepted. He will only be satisfied when his crazed disciples start shooting anyone who dares to question his absolute authority. He is solely responsible for inciting violence and should be held accountable for having anyone who is attacked by his rabid followers.
brush
(53,791 posts)Pachamama
(16,887 posts)too organized and executed
LonePirate
(13,426 posts)Its very easy to send packages for simultaneous (?) delivery in east coast urban and suburban areas.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)But my sense is this still very well organized and timed and involves more than one person - possibly a small group of people, even if 2-3 who planned this out.
My dad was in criminal intelligence for over 35 years and without giving details, because his expertise was in terrorism and bombs, I had enough conversations with him over the decades in which he would discuss scenarios and methods, that my early sense based on this is that this involves more than one person.
You could be correct, a super organized brilliant person could have done this all on their own.
But if its a Trumphole, that alone disqualifies them as being brilliant....
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)I have on occasion mulled over how I might do something bad, and sometimes I'm astonished that real terrorists haven't thought about the things I've thought of. I am not the kind of person who would do those things, and they do involve getting ahold of devices I have no idea how to get ahold of, but would probably be easy to research. Which means I take comfort in the apparent incompetence and lack of imagination of the truly bad guys.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)I also agree with your taking comfort in the apparent incompetence and lack of imagination of the truly bad guys...
Sometimes however crazy bad guys can still cause damage and harm....in the US and the easy access of weapons makes that possible too...
One other area I got comfort from my father is on the possibility of "dirty bombs" being used....the reality is that handling the materials that would be used would likely kill the bad guys alone in their handling and they wouldn't be very successful, especially with all the radiation detection devices. Its fortunately not like the movies and tv shows describe when they show some terrorist plot involving a dirty bomb.
Poisons and radioactive poisoning (ala Russian style) is more likely and I am sure that the Secret Service and security details for all these people and news rooms are taking this very seriously.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)I have long thought that the hysterical fear of things like dirty bombs is overblown, but I am not any kind of expert.
malaise
(269,054 posts)Time for the media to condemn and then boycott the Con and his goons.
spanone
(135,844 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,129 posts)Trumpers don't do nuance.
MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)I've been joking but this is really frightening. Do we have an ATF and FBI that will do a real investigation into this?
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)spanone
(135,844 posts)Pachamama
(16,887 posts)I give it less than 24 hours and he will make it about him....
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)He did say that Democrats create mobs and Republicans create jobs!
spanone
(135,844 posts)TheFarseer
(9,323 posts)CNN would be first to report that
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)They are reporting on the street right now.
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)Wow.....thanks Orange Hitler. This kind of situation is not surprising, given that idiot spewing force his support for Gianforte body slamming a reporter, telling his crowd to go after reporters.
You would think this might scare a few more non rabid Trump supporters away.
demmiblue
(36,865 posts)This is crazy.
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)brooklynite
(94,598 posts)Botany
(70,516 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Botany
(70,516 posts)About 80 percent of the media are the enemy of the people, Trump says
"Lock her up." Trump on Hillary Clinton.
"He doesn't have a birth certificate, or if he does, there's something on that certificate that is very bad for him. Now, somebody told me -- and I have no idea if this is bad for him or not, but perhaps it would be -- that where it says 'religion,' it might have 'Muslim.' And if you're a Muslim, you don't change your religion, by the way."
- March 30, 2011, Trump on The Laura Ingraham Show
George Soros is paying for the caravan. D. Trump rough quote
hostalover
(447 posts)KPN
(15,646 posts)how they do it. With violence using fear, terror and eradication as their tools.
Are you ready and willing to be eradicated?